Countless cameras were focused on the blond man squinting as he listened to the senator's interrogation, his formal attire adorned with the badge of the Golden Lion Group on his chest.

"Click!"

He quietly listened to the senator on stage finish speaking, patiently repeating,

"Senator, the hydraulic fracturing technology for extracting shale oil and gas has undergone several iterations and upgrades within Golden Lion Group. There are professional reports endorsing its safety..."

"You didn't answer my question directly, Mr. Benjamin. I'm asking why local residents can ignite the tap water with a lighter!"

"..."

Outside, the shutter of the cameras clicked repeatedly, capturing every detail of this hearing...

Including the verbal sparring between the parties.

"...Golden Lion Group brings a complete shale oil supply chain, restoring thousands of manufacturing and related factories to the Rust Belt, creating tens of thousands of jobs, enabling self-reliance..."

"..."

"Please answer, does Golden Lion Group have improper private dealings with Mr. Harfson, the then Secretary of State?"

"..."

"I must reiterate to the senator, this is purely a business operation."

"..."

All these scenes were transmitted via signal to a large room at the Golden Lion Building headquarters in Hawk Country.

Golden Lion Group, Board of Directors.

The boardroom featured a round table, around which several suited individuals sat, holding their wine glasses.

They varied in age, mostly men, appearing relaxed.

"The investigation is finally coming to an end. I don't want to see those damned investigators' cars near my manor anymore!"

"It's not over yet, at least not before this year's election."

"Anyway, everyone has worked hard, especially President Alvira~"

"President Alvira, cheers to you."

One man raised his wine glass, toasting the beautiful blond woman with blue eyes who kept looking at her phone in the center of the round table.

The woman glanced around mildly, also raising her glass in acknowledgment.

"Ding ding ding~"

During some exchanges of toasts, just as one man took a sip of wine, his phone rang.

Seeing the incoming call, he stood up suddenly and left the table as if he had swallowed a fly.

The others watched as he left, one of them quietly asked the director next to him,

"What's wrong with him lately, he's always in a bad mood? He doesn't even go golfing anymore."

"Hey, he still doesn't know? His precious son is secretly taking that... puberty blockers."

"Hormone treatment?"

"Uh-huh."

The man speaking took a sip of wine, shaking his head helplessly,

"Not informing the guardian about this kind of thing is another good deed by those bastards in D.C...."

"...Just like Zevier, completely screwed. He's running wild on daddy's money in college, ready to spend his life with those crappy drugs!"

"You know, he's always in the spotlight. He took drugs and drove his sports car to 220 mph down Main Street. Koenigsegg should hire you as a spokesperson!"

"Damn you, I've given up on him!"

"Who told you to have so many sons? You better keep an eye on the remaining ones..."

"Watch them? The hell with that! I'm always at gunpoint, do they expect me to babysit them for life?"

The blond woman in the center of the seat rubbed her wine glass, silently listening to their words.

In the reflection of the wine glass, the image of her daughter Aria Spencer appeared, faintly visible.

Those innocent and fragile blue eyes seemed stained and fragmented in the crimson wine...

Looking at the wine in the glass, Alvira raised it and drank it all.

"Gulp~"

Then, she adjusted her ladies' suit, and spoke,

"That'll be enough for today, everyone."

"What's President's plan afterward? Vacation?"

Alvira didn't give a clear response, saying,

"I need to go to Linmen, the private jet leaves tonight."

"So urgent?"

The other directors leaned back in their chairs, exchanging glances.

Alvira took off her jacket, revealing the leather vest beneath her white shirt.

Then, she smiled slightly, handed the jacket to the secretary standing by, and picked up her phone saying,

"It's urgent..."

Alvira raised the phone, the screen vividly displayed Spencer barging onto Yan Huan's bed.

After some pulling, Yan Huan not only failed to escape but was held by her daughter's wrist.

Then...

She watched them kiss, but instead of reacting further, she noticed her daughter sleeping after the kiss, completely ignoring the boy's embarrassed face as he covered his face, feeling like he was about to explode, causing Alvira to raise an eyebrow.

"..."

Watching them sleeping together with no follow-up, she finally put down her phone, but said,

"Recently being chased by the mule party, I couldn't deal with things over there.

"As a result, Ye International is flaunting their strength at Linmen, even the Sakuragi Family is sending people to flirt.

"Seems like we need to send some signals..."

The directors leaned back in their chairs, behind them on the backrest was a map showing the global distribution of the Golden Lion Group.

A golden lion's head stretched across the ocean, standing out among the many marks.

That, precisely, is where Linmen is located.

"Let them know then...

The directors all smiled, exchanging glances before speaking to Alvira again,

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